Home›Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence›Legal Realism›All Legal RealismBrowse ByAll Legal RealismLegal Realism gathers the jurists and legal scholars associated with legal realism and its closely related schools, sociological jurisprudence, the free-law movement and related psychological and interest-based theories of law, the twentieth century movement that challenged formalist accounts of legal reasoning by insisting that judicial decisions are shaped by social fact, policy and the judge's own experience as much as by abstract legal rules. Centered heavily at American law schools such as Yale and Columbia in the 1920s and 1930s, the movement also had close continental counterparts in Europe's sociology of law and free-law scholarship.FactsAll Legal RealismSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedLegal realists who held that jurisprudence should emulate natural science and rely on empirical evidence of how judges actually decide cases. 1Formation YearWell-attested1920 CE 1All Legal RealismFilter Results17 entriesRoleAllAnd Soviet criminologist and legal historian (1)Dramatist and author (1)Jurist and politician (1)Lawyer, educator, writer, and diplomat (1)Legal philosopher and federal judge (legal realism) (1)Legal scholar (legal realism) (1)Legal scholar and educator (1)Legal scholar and the John S (1)Philosopher and legal scholar (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllAmerican (3)Austria (1)Denmark (1)French (1)German (1)Russian (3)Sweden (2)Swedish (1)United States (4)Legal SystemAllGerman Legal System (1)Law of Austria (1)Law of Denmark (1)Law of Sweden (3)Law of the United States (7)Doctrines FormulatedAllUnconscionability (1)Field of LawAllCivil / Private Law (1)Commercial and Business Law (3)Comparative Law (1)Criminal Law (3)Human Rights Law (2)Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence (7)GenderAllMale (17)Court Served OnAllEuropean Court of Human Rights (1)United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 17Adolf A. BerleLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAlf RossLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAxel HägerströmLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceBrian LeiterLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceBrian TamanahaLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceEugen EhrlichLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceFelix CohenLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceGrant GilmoreLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceJerome FrankLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceKarl LlewellynLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceKarl OlivecronaLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceLeon PetrazyckiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceMikhail Nikolaevich GernetLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceMikhail ReisnerLegal Philosophy and JurisprudencePhilipp HeckLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceRoscoe PoundLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceVilhelm LundstedtLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceSources1. Legal realism (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaLegal realism, lead sectiona naturalistic approach to law; it is the view that jurisprudence should emulate the methods of natural science; that is, it should rely on empirical evidenceLegal realism, lead section, 1920s-1930s emergence sentenceThe movement emerged in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s, particularly among federal judges and lawyers in the Roosevelt administration.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.